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Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Airing of ‘vile Jew-hate’ at Glastonbury was a moment of ‘national shame’, says Chief Rabbi

Sir Ephraim Mirvis condemns ‘outright incitement to violence and hatred’ at the festival

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has warned "Toxic Jew-hatred is a threat to our entire society," following the BBC's broadcast of Bob Vylan's controversial Glastonbury performance. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
A photo of the Chief Rabbi and Rebbetzin on the RAF flight out of Tel Aviv was shared on social media (Photo: Max Radford)
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

‘My heart is with Israel’: Chief Rabbi lands in UK after RAF evacuation flight

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read
The Chief Rabbi has been sharing messages of hope from Israel, where he is stranded with thousands of other Brits as the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to strike the Jewish State (Photo: Screenshot/Facebook)
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

‘I feel more safe in Israel than anywhere else in the world’: Chief Rabbi speaks from Herzliya

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read
The UK's chief rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, has said that 'if you are anti-Zionist, you are also anti-Jewish' (Image: Getty)
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi: ‘Anti-Zionism is the new antisemitism’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis has cancelled his participation at an Israeli government-organised conference on antisemitism over concerns about the attendance of far-right European politicians. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Amichai Chikli

Chief Rabbi withdraws from Israeli antisemitism conference over far-right participation

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addresses an event (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
Purim

'Purim is about survival, not slaughter': Chief Rabbi slams Guardian Purim column

By Ellie Grant

2 min read
UK Jewish schools excel in fostering Jewish identity (picture: Chief Rabbi's Schools Review)
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Only half Jewish school parents in London and a third in Manchester pay religious studies contributions

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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A new commitment to Muslim-Jewish understanding is a positive step

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February 12, 2025 18:32
A new commitment to Muslim-Jewish understanding is a positive step
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

We have an obligation to disagree better with Muslims

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February 11, 2025 16:39
Imam Sayed Abbas Razawi, the Chief Imam of Scotland (left), with the Chief Rabbi in Buckingham Palace

Chief Rabbi accuses Met of failing to protect Jews from pro-Palestinian protests

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

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December 23, 2024 14:21
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the Met has failed to ensure Jewish Londoners feel safe (Getty)

New Resource centre is ‘for everyone’

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

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December 19, 2024 14:50
The Chief Rabbi with Resource chief executive Victoria Sterman, affixing a mezuzah to the new premises (Photo Yakir Zur)

Angela Rayner steps in over plan to build skyscraper next to Bevis Marks shul

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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November 29, 2024 15:43
Labour's Angela Rayner speaks at a campaign event in London, June 29, 2024 (Credit: Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Chief Rabbi urges MPs to ‘choose life’ as Jewish leaders intervene on euthanasia bill

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

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November 27, 2024 11:47
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addresses an event (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

After 750 years, the town of Guildford gets its very own rabbi

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

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November 4, 2024 13:08
Rabbi of Guildford Alexander Goldberg and Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi: ‘Our support for Israel has to be unequivocal’

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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October 28, 2024 18:00
The Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis speaking at the JC event to mark October 7

‘I am a Zionist because I am a Jew’, says Chief Rabbi

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

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October 2, 2024 11:54
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth expressed that Zionism and Judaism are intrinsically linked in a piece for The New Statesman on Wednesday. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)
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